Bracket.



No. 840,773. PATENTED'JAN. 8, 1907..

R. KENT.

BRACKET.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.27,1905.

W ITNESSES:

1 I I aa 1 -A TTORNEYS Unrrn s'ra rns PATENT RANDAL KENT, OF PITTSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA.

I BRACKET.

To allwhom it may concernr Be it known that l, RANDAL KENT, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county ofAlleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usbful Bracket, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to brackets, and is primarily designedto provide such a device as may be conveniently applied to an ordinarysteam or hot-water radiator in an elevated position for supporting avessel or otherarticle in position to be maintained in a heatedcondition by radiation from the the accompanying drawings, andparticuradiator and also capable of being adjusted 'to a loweredposition upon the radiator for use as afoot-rest.

ggAfurther object of the invention is to have the device complete initself and capable of being applied to any ordinary radiator withoutmaking any changes or alterations in the latter whatsoever and withoutinterfering with its usual functions.

With these and 'otherobjects in view the present invention consistsinthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in view of one of the brackets of the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thetop portion of aconventional form of radiator having a bracket of the present inventionthe bracket applied as afoot-rest.

appliedthereto and supported in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating theconnection between the radiator coils or sections and one of the anchprelements of the bracket. Figs. 5 and f6 are detail perspective'views ofdetails of the bracket.

Similar numerals of reference, designate corresponding parts all of thefigures of the drawings. K

As best shown in Fig. '1 of the drawings, it will be seen that thepresent bracket includes a latform made up of a substantiallyrectangular open or skeleton frame 1, of wire or light metalrods, thelongitudinal sides of the Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled December 2'7 i905. Serial No. 293.620.

respective eyes 3.

aine being connected by cross-bars 2,

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

center of the frame. At the middle of each cross-bar 2 there is an eye3, preferably formed by twisting or coiling the bar. Any appropriatecovering may be applied to the frame-for instance a strong wire fabric4.

located at opposite sides of the transverse 2 Between each cross-bar 2and the adjacent end of the frame 1 there is a clamping device.

made up of an anchoring element having a straight shank 5, terminatingat its forward end in a downturned hook 6 for detachable engagement withthe rear side of the frame 1. The rear end of the shank is threaded andre.- oeives a head 7, which has its ends bent slightly, as shown, toform anchoring-hooks.

The forward portion of the shank is threaded, as at 8, and upon thisthreaded portion is a nut 9, provided with a series of radial ribs orwebs 10 upon itsfront face, each rib or web being provided with anopening 1 1 The threads on the front and rear ends of the shank 5; arereversely arrangedthat is to say, they extend in opposite directions, sothat by turning the shank in one direction the head 7 and the nut 9 willbemovedsimub taneotisly toward each other, and when said shankli'srotated in the opposite direction the nut and head will be movedsimultaneously opposite directions upon the shank,

Between the two nuts 9 extends a connect. ing rod or bar 12, which ispassed endwise through the openings of the depending ribs or webs of thetwo nuts, one end of the rod being provided with a fixed or integralhead 13,*while its other end has a removable head or nut 14 threadedthereon, so as to prevent endwise displacement. of the rod whenassociatcd with-the nuts. This rod limits rota- ,tion of the nuts and,in fact, forms a nutlock.

Hung from the rod 12 as a support is an abutment 15, preferably of platemetal, with its upper end bent douniwardly across its rear side to forma hook 16 to embrace the rod, the lower end of the abutment being bentback at substantially right angles thereto to form a shoulder or flange17. Upper and lower openings 18 and 19 are formed in the abutment.

Extending between the abutment and the frame of the platform is a forkedprop having its fork members 20 divcrging across the platform andterminating in outwardly-directed studs or projections 21, receivedwithin the The inner ends of the fork members are connected by anintegral ICC abutment is then hooked upon the rod 12,

and the the prop from the shelf when shipping the.

7 shown inFigs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The function of the element 15is to form an abutment or supporting element for the foot of means ofthe flange 17, which engages across and may be shifted and removed in avary connected at its upper end with sai .bers 20- the studs orprojections 21 can be i 'the front edges of said radiator-sections.

while in. the position shown in Fig. 3 it is deor alteration and withoutinterfering with its connecting'member 22,'from which extends rearwardlya hook 23, adapted to engage l with the respective seats or openings 18and 19. It will be apparent that bypressing together the upper ends ofthe diverging memreadily disengaged from the eyes 3 to detach After thetwo clamping devices have been attached to theradiator the rod 12 isassembled with the'depending ribs or webs 10 of the nuts and theplatform is engaged with the hooked terminals 6 of the shanks 5. The

prop 20 has its hook 23 engaged with one or -t e other of the seats oropenings 18 and 19, whereby the platform will be supported in one or theother of the positions the member 20, and it is proposed to maintain theabutment in a vertical position by,

the front edges of adjacent radiator-sections.

When the bracket is supported as in Fig. 2,.Witll the platform in asubstantially horizontal position, it afiords a support for awatervessel or any other article'which it is desired to maintain in a heatedcondition,

signed for use as a foot-rest for convenience in warming the feet ordrying the shoes Without subjecting the shoes'to direct contact with theradiator.

From-the foregoing description it will be understood that the bracket ofthe present invention is entirely complete in itself and capable ofbeing fitted to any conventional form of radiator without making anychange functions. Moreover, the bracket may be supported at anyelevation upon theradiator convenient manner without requiring anyparticular degree of skill or experience.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1'. Thecombination with a support, of a bracket'including a pair of clampsengaged with said suppgrt, an abutment pivotally clamps and bearingloosely at its lower end against said support, a shelf swung upon theclamps approximately on a level with the upper end of said abutment, anda prop extending downward from the shelf to the abutment so as tosustain the shelf and press the lower end of the abutment against thesupport.

2. The combination with a support, of a pair of clamps connected withsaid support, an abutment having its upper end bent rearwardly to form ahook which is detachably secured to said clamps, the lower end of saidabutment resting loosely against said support, a shelf connected withsaid clamps adj acent the upper end of said abutment, and a prop looselyconnected with said shelf and abutment for holding the shelf in elevatedposition. i r a 3. A bracket including a pair of clamps for engagementwith a support, an abutment hung from said clamps, a shelf detachablyconnected with said clamps, and a prop connected with said shelfandcomprising a pair of diverging ar'ms adapted to be disengaged fromsaid shelf by being forced together, said prop being detachably engagedat its lower end with said abutment.

4. A bracket including a pair of clamps for engagement with a support,an abutment pivotally connected with the clamps at its upper end andhaving a plurality of perforations forming seats, a shelfconnected withthe clamps, and a prop comprising a air of diverging arms detachablyconnecte with said shelf, said prop having at its lower end an integralconnecting member rovided with" a hook to engage one of the pe' orationsin said abutment.

5. A bracket including a pair of clamps for engagement with a support anabutment hun therefrom and provided with a seat, a shelf swung upon theclamps and rovided with a pair of eyes upon its under si e, and a forkedprop having its'fork terminals pivotally engaged with the respectiveeyes and its opposite end-formed for detachable engage ment with theseat of the abutment.

6. A bracket comprising a pair of spaced clamps for engagement with asupport, said clamps including nuts, a cross-bar connecting the nuts, anabutment hung from the crossbar a shelf h u on the clam s, and a r0betweenthe si l fitriient and the shelf. p P 7. A bracket comprising apair of spaced clamps for engagement with a support, each clamp having anut provided with a plurality of seats, a cross-bar for detachableengagement with the individual seats of the nuts, an abutment hung fromthe cross-bar, a shelf swung upon the clamps and a prop between theabutment and the s elf.

8'. A bracket comprising a pair of spaced clamps for engagement with asu port, each clamp having a nut pro 'ded wit a series of radial ribshaving openings, a cross-bar for engagement with the openings of theindividual ribs to connect and lock the nuts, an an u per terminal hookfor engagement with abutment hung upon thecross-bar, a shelf thecross-bar'and a lower terminal transverse swung-upon the clamps and aprop between shoulder upon the back thereof, and a prop the abutment andthe shelf. between the abutment and the shelf. 3 5 5, 9. Abracket-including a pair of spaced. 12. A bracket including a pair ofspaced clamps for engagement with a support, each clamps for engagementwith a support, each clamp including a threaded shank and ahead clampincluding a threaded shank provided having members bent to form hooks, anut atone end witha transversely-disposed supu on the threaded portionof the shank to port-engagingelernent and at its other end 40 10 0 amp asupport between the head and the with a hook, a nut upon the threadedportion nut, a she swung upon. the shanks of the of the shank to clamp asupportbetween the clamps, aremovabie cross-bar connecting thesupport-engaging element and the nut, a nuts, an abutment hung upon thecross-bar, shelf swung upon and detachably engaged and a prop betweenthe abutment and the with the hooks of the shank, and a prop for 4 5 l5shelf. a the shelf.

10. A bracket including a pair of spaced 13. A bracket including a pairof shanks \clamp members for engagement with a suphaving'thei'r endsreversely threaded, a head port, a cross bar extending between theengaging the threaded rear end of each shank, cla pmembers and securedthereto, an abuta nut engaging the forward threaded end of 50 :0 me thaving a hook to detachably engage the each shank, a shelf carried bythe front ends cross-bar,ashelf swungupon the clamp memof the shanks, anabutment hung from the bets, and a rop between the abutment and shanks,and a prop between the abutment the shelffsaid pro having a pair ofdivergand the shelf. ing arms detacha ly connected with said Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as z 5 shelf. my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in l 11. Af bracket including 1;). pair of spaceil1thepresence of two witnesses.

0 amps or engagement wit a support, eac clamp including a clamping-nut,a detach- RANDAL KENT able 'cross-bar'extending between the nutsWitnesses:

to lock the same and secured thereto, a shelf J. M. TOBIAS,

swung upon the clamps, an abutment having M. G. McLAREN.

